Yellamundie Festival

The Yellamundie Festival is a biennial celebration and national and international platform for new and distinct First Peoples stories and voices across the performing arts. Since its inception in 2013, the festival has become an international showcase for First Peoples talent. From a national call for submissions, six new works will undergo two weeks of development and are presented in a three-day festival of public showings, yarns, and events in Sydney. The Yellamundie Festival showcases a range of live performance art forms, providing development opportunities for Playwrights, Composers, and Movement Directors. Pathways for Market Development and Pitching for Yellamundie Festival artists, past and present with APAM.

Presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts, in association with Carriageworks & APAM, Yellamundie Festival takes its name from the Darug word for storyteller.

Submissions are now open for artists. Applications close 16 May. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your work developed and presented as part of the 2025 Yellamundie Festival.

Photo by Jamie James.
DevelopmentsClosed to the public
Mon 15 Sep
Tue 16 Sep
Wed 17 Sep
Thu 18 Sep
Fri 19 Sep
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Public Showings
Thu 25 Sep
Fri 26 Sep
Sat 27 Sep

Audiences are warned that some performances contain audio and names of deceased people, as well as themes of death, suicide and sorry business, intergenerational trauma, sexual assault, deaths in custody and police brutality, as well as coarse language.

Should you find any of these themes distressing, help and support are available at Lifeline 131 114, Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or 13YARN 13 92 76.

Presented by Moogahlin Performing Arts at Carriageworks and supported by City of Sydney, Creative Australia, and Create NSW.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.